Job hunting oddities

[Digital Wokan]

I guess that means they read PLUG and anyone who knows how little the
opening is getting paid knows too much to work for them.  ;)

George Toft wrote:
> 
> They just e-mailed me and let me know I was over-qualified.
> 
> George
> 
> Digital Wokan wrote:
> >
> > Their little testing session took several hours of my time (along with
> > everyone else's there).  One guy even stopped taking the test when he
> > recognized the game.  (I thought maybe he was monitoring us since he
> > didn't just get up and leave.)
> > They say they're always hiring programmers there.  Even with everything
> > as bad as it is, I can see why they'd have to.  Who's going to sit still
> > for 30?
> >
> > George Toft wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for the info - I just applied for that one.  I was guessing
> > > it was low, but not that low.  My wife makes that answering e-mail
> > > in North Phoenix.
> > >
> > > George
> > >
> > > Digital Wokan wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I just took what amounted to an IQ test for CRC Info Systems (yes, I was
> > > > going to whore myself out as an MS programmer again... sigh).  I listed
> > > > my salary requirements on my resume.  The job offered just over half
> > > > that yet someone put "okay" next to it as if they'd discussed it with me
> > > > and I'd agreed.  I told their HR person that I couldn't work for that
> > > > low and be able to put my daughter in daycare (unless I wanted to live
> > > > in a studio apartment across the valley from the Sctsdl Air Park).  I
> > > > did ask what my score was.  The guy told me that 70 was a scarily high
> > > > score and that I was in the 80's.  Said it was the highest score he'd
> > > > ever seen on the test.
> > > >
> > > > High praise.  But, no, it's still a $30K job.
> > > >
> > > > (Is that really the going rate for ERP system programmers or are these
> > > > guys really enjoying the dot-bombed market?)